Kenneth M. Hackathorn
May 25, 2017
Kenneth M. Hackathorn, 89, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at his home. He was born February 12, 1928 in Coquile, Oregon, the son of Kenneth L. and Durcy (Stroud) Hackathorn.Kenneth graduated from Perry High School. He was employed by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for 38 years before retiring in 1991. He was a Navy Veteran...
Jeanne (Marcoot) Bauter
May 25, 2017
Jeanne M. Bauter of Topeka, age 97, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017. She was born Feb. 11, 1920, in Enid, OK, the daughter of Martin W. and Mabel R. Marcoot. She graduated from Enid High School in 1937. From Phillips University, she received a Bachelor of Music majoring in cello and a Bachelor of Music Education in 1941. She...
Lucille E. Baehni
May 25, 2017
Lucille E. Baehni, 88, of Topeka, died Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Midland Hospice House.Lucille was born April 1, 1929 in Alma, the daughter of Fred and Cordelia (Steinmeyer) Reuter. She graduated from Alma High School in 1947 and received her diploma from the Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in 1951. She was employed as a Registered Nurse with...
Christopher David Birch
May 23, 2017
Christopher David Birch, 49, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017.He was born December 19, 1967, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William and Alice (Gerstenkorn) Birch. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1986, he then attended Independence Community College where he was part of the '87/'88 Jayhawk Conference Champion Football Team. In 1992, he earned his bachelor's degree...
Jeremy L. Gum
May 23, 2017
Jeremy L. Gum, 44, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 23rd in his sleep at home after a long battle with complications with MS and COPD. He was born on October 28, 1972, in Topeka, Kansas. He was the son of Ron and Denise (Martin) Gum, of Topeka, the brother of Jennifer Gum-Fowler (Chad Fowler), of Kincaid, Ks,...
Ann Argo
May 23, 2017
Ann Argo, 91, of Topeka, passed away on May 23, 2017. She was born on October 13, 1925 in Atchison, KS to George and Gladys England. She attended Atchison schools. Following her education she moved to Topeka, KS, where she met Robert Argo. The couple was married in June of 1951 in Fort Smith, AR. The couple was married for...
Dale I. Jackson
May 21, 2017
Dale Irwin Jackson, 92, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017.He was born December 12, 1924 in Elmont, KS, the son of Chester Robert and Grace Elizabeth Jackson.Dale attended Holiday Jr. High and graduated from Topeka High School. He also attended Washburn University, the University of Kansas and M.I.T. Mr. Jackson joined the U.S. Navy in 1942, serving as...
Helen Marie Weston
May 19, 2017
Helen Marie Weston, 91, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017, at Brewster Place. Helen was born November 20, 1925, in Missoula, MT, to David M. and Helena Marie (Haines) Weston. She graduated from Missoula City High School in 1943 and from St. Patrick's School of Nursing in Missoula in 1946 where she became a registered nurse. Helen joined the Air...
Leone M. James
May 15, 2017
Leone M. James, 79, Valley Falls, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017, at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1937, in Helena, Ohio, the daughter of Betty (Frazier) and Frank Hovis.Leone graduated from Risingsun High School, Risingsun, Ohio. She was a member of the Meriden United Methodist Church, Nobelles of the Arab Temple Shrine, Topeka,...
Bruce Hill
May 14, 2017
Bruce Hill, 67, Auburn, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017. He was born July 9, 1949, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Wayne and Kathryn (Quaney) Hill. He graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1967. He was NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1975. Bruce raced in NASCAR from 1975 until 1980. In the mid-90s he started Hill Quarter...
Mary Denise Godfrey
May 11, 2017
Mary Denise Godfrey, avid quilter, mystery and science fiction enthusiast, loving mother, and devoted friend, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017 at the age of 69 in Topeka, Kansas.Denise was born on January 15, 1948 in sunny Barstow, California. She was the youngest of seven children produced through the loving marriage of Harry V. Gill and Mildred (Gallison) Gill. Being...
Mary Godfrey
May 11, 2017
Mary "Denise" Godfrey, 69, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017.An obituary for Denise will be available shortly. To share your memories of Denise or leave a special condolence message for her family, please visit the guestbook below.
Nicole Lynn Chilcott
May 10, 2017
Nicole Lynn Chilcott, 34, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017.A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Westmoreland United Methodist Church, 107 N 2nd St, Westmoreland, KS 66549.Memorial contributions may be sent to the Nicole Chilcott Memorial, c/o The Farmer's Bank of Westmoreland, PO Box 330, Westmoreland, KS 66549To share a memory of...
Virginia Stewart Anderson
May 8, 2017
Virginia Stewart Anderson, 97, Topeka, passed away on May 8, 2017, at Brewster Health Center in Topeka, Kansas.Virginia was born on January 27, 1920, in Mer Rouge, Louisiana. She grew up on a farm during the heart of the Great Depression, the daughter of George T. and Jimmie Lee Stewart. She had two brothers, Charles Stewart and Billy Stewart, and...
Iona Catherine Hull-Moyer
May 8, 2017
Iona Catherine Hull-Moyer, 84, returned to her heavenly home on May 8, 2017 after a short, but valiant battle with cancer. Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace.Iona was born to the late Isaac Virgil and Lenna Fern Rummerfield, a Pentecostal pastor and a homemaker respectively,...
Martha Mae Tibbs
May 6, 2017
Martha Mae Garaway Tibbs, affectionately known as 'Topsy' was born on December 5, 1935 in Taft, Oklahoma to Nesby McKinney and Mattie Bell Stewart Caraway. She was the 5th child of the eleven born into this union. She attended grades K thru 12 at the Moten School in Taft, OK. At the age of 18 she married Jim Frank Burnett,...
Beulah B. Steenbock
May 6, 2017
Beulah B. Steenbock, 90, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017, at her home in Topeka, KS.Beulah was born August 4, 1926, in Topeka, KS, to Harvey, Sr. and Zella M. (Starr) Crable. She graduated in 1944 from Topeka High School. Beulah married Nelson E. Steenbock on November 20, 1944, in Topeka. Together they were long-time members of First Church of...
Carol Parker
May 4, 2017
Carol Parker, 72, passed away at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka on May 4, 2017. She was born in Delaware, OH to Margaret "Skip" and William Russell. After graduation from Stephens College in 1967, Carol worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines. Based in New York, Carol was able to schedule trips to Texas to carry on a courtship...
Yvonne L. Timm Escandon
May 2, 2017
Yvonne L. Timm Escandon, 81, formerly of Topeka, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at her home in Mexico City, Mexico.She was born November 6, 1935 in Woodbine, KS, the only child of Milton Roy Timm and Ruth Marcene Kinzie.Yvonne was a 1952 graduate of Topeka High School and attended St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing from 1957 to...
John Jay Burghart
May 1, 2017
John Jay Burghart, 63, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 1, 2017.He was born December 27, 1953, in Portland, Oregon, the son of John Casper and Darlene Ellen (Rafferty) Burghart. He was a graduate of Hayden High School. He served in the US Air Force and US Navy during Vietnam. John was a welder by trade. Mr. Burghart was a...
